heat of fusion

English

Noun

heat of fusion (countable and uncountable, plural heats of fusion)

1. (physics) The amount of heat absorbed by unit mass of a material, at its melting point, that causes a phase transition from solid to liquid

Synonyms

• enthalpy of fusion

Translations

enthalpy resulting from providing heat to a substance to change it from solid to liquid

• Finnish: sulamislämpö
• German: Schmelzwärme f
• Hungarian: olvadáshő (hu)
• Mongolian: хайлах энтальп (xajlax entalʹp)
• Romanian: entalpie de fuziune f
• Tagalog: init ng pamumuok